Illinois · Nonprofit
African Vision of Hope
African Vision of Hope (Illinois) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,057,054 to it, the largest being GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($416,600). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What African Vision of Hope does
Mission
Care for orphaned & vulnerable children in Zambia to alleviate poverty & promote love & dignity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
EDUCATION African Vision of Hope aspires to see every child and family in Zambia freed from extreme poverty and empowered to fulfill God's purpose for their lives. Founded over 23 years ago, African Vision of Hope now serves 5,006 students in 2023 and employs 149 staff members. Since its inception, 1,128 students have graduated from African Vision of Hope schools. To continue developing the future of Zambia, African Vision of Hope has focused on investing in innovation. This includes launching robotics programs at each of its six schools, constructing six new science labs, and opening Zambia's first STEM secondary school in May 2023. The children of Zambia are being equipped to be godly leaders and innovators for their nation.
$1,508,817 spentof which $1,253,444 as grants49% of program spendingSOCIAL & MEDICAL African Vision of Hope places great emphasis on providing children with clean water, nutrition, and medical care to ensure they lead healthy and safe childhoods. Globally, women and children spend 200 million hours a day hauling water, which prevents many young girls from staying in school. In response to this, African Vision of Hope constructed two additional wells at the Chongwe school campus to reduce the amount of time women and children spend collecting water. In 2023, African Vision of Hope also provided key medical care to over 1,740 students, treating the most common illnesses including malaria, worms, malnutrition, and diarrhea - the leading causes of death in children.
$933,150 spentof which $756,412 as grants30% of program spendingCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT African Vision of Hope strives to provide a healthy and save living environment for every child to ensure they can focus on being a child and receiving an education. To achieve this, four rescue homes were constructed in 2023 to provide safe shelter and care to 201 children. In addition, two sanitation facilities were constructed for male and female residents, equipped with private showers and toilets. Futhermore, a chapel was constructed for children to spend time learning and worshiping God. In 2023, African Vision of Hope also witnessed a positive change in cultural trends in Zambia through the implementation of free education, resulting in an increase in the female student population to 50% of the total student population.
$636,532 spentof which $462,573 as grants$-716 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,078,499.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.9M to $4.9M (+71%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 2% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of African Vision of Hope’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $14k → $452k.
11 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of African Vision of Hope’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
African Vision of Hope has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund African Vision of Hope.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 38% · 2019 69% · 2020 49% · 2021 42% · 2022 32% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of African Vision of Hope's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
90% of African Vision of Hope's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $196k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
African Vision of Hope runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,608 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,608 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like African Vision of Hope
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for African Vision of Hope: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds African Vision of Hope?
- African Vision of Hope (Illinois) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,057,054 to it, the largest being GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($416,600). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does African Vision of Hope have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $2,057,054 in grants to African Vision of Hope, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of African Vision of Hope?
- GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $416,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like African Vision of Hope find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing